When early voting opens Monday, Denton County voters in The Colony will also decide two county-level contests farther down the ballot: county clerk, and three seats on the board that oversees the Denton Central Appraisal District. One appraisal board candidate is a former Lewisville ISD trustee.
Early voting runs Oct. 19 through Oct. 30, and Election Day is Nov. 3, according to an election guide the Denton Record-Chronicle published Thursday. The county elections office's list of active contests shows who is on the ballot.
County clerk
Republican Juli Luke, who took office in 2015 and is finishing her third term, is seeking another four years. Democrat Dale Frey is challenging her.
The clerk is the county's official record keeper. The office keeps land and property filings, birth and death certificates, and the files for civil, misdemeanor, probate and juvenile court cases. It also issues marriage licenses, staffs the lower courts, runs the county law library and keeps the minutes of Commissioners Court.
Before taking office, Luke worked in the clerk's office for nine years, the Record-Chronicle reported. Her campaign site names efficient government, protecting data and privacy, easy public access and careful spending as her priorities, and she told the paper she wants to keep running the office with "common-sense principles."
Frey's campaign site says he has worked for several federal agencies, including the Department of Education, the General Services Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. According to the paper, Frey has taken part in the Frisco Democratic Club and has been a Denton County Democratic Party precinct chair.
He ran for Texas Senate District 30 in 2024 and lost to Sen. Brent Hagenbuch.
